The GM Oz, making a welcome return, called the first circle and invited the three virgins into the circle where they were presented with the gift of a Pattaya H3 stubby holder for the men and an orange cap for the lady.
The hares, Boring Wanker, Shit On My Chest and Black Panther, were called in to describe the trails. The walk was said to be 4km and the run 8km (10km with checks). There was mention of a hill on the trail which proved to be true. First back on the run was Herring Choker who measured the run at 9.5km and I completed 4.7km on the walk. Herring Choker proved the old Noosa H3 slogan “Age, Cunning and Deceit Always Defeat Youth and Skill” to be as relevant today as it was in the early 80’s.
The GM called the second circle at 18.18.
The circle opened with a minute’s silence for Phantom (RIP).
Hash Trash - Golden Rivet took one for the team of hares from last week for leaving a ‘HHH’ sign behind.
Hash Crash - Amazingly for a difficult trail there were none this week.
Hares Boring Wanker, Shit On my Chest and a reluctant Black Panther, who was sans hash shirt, were called in for the run/walk critique.
Some comments from the circle:
G.I. Joe - missed the run/walk split and ended up on the walker’s trail.
Scar with 2/Ts - blew his horn every time he saw paper which was about every 15 mins.
Phil the Pill - trail was like the hares – confused.
Dirt Looney - first couple of backchecks were shit.
The raffle was called by Black Panther with the alcohol prizes being amongst the first to go. Atomic Muff Diver got to sit on the ice for bringing his beer into the circle.
Lost Cause was happy to get the biscuits.
Emperor Airhead took the circle and called the hares to the ice. He noted the English/Welsh combination. He commented that the ‘Google Lady’ attempted to lead him and other hashers down the wrong road. He reminisced that the last time we were at this run site it had been pouring rain, however Black Panther had produced a cheesecake on that occasion.
Nightrider was called to the circle. He recently returned from a 3 week trip to USA, where he attended a wedding in San Juan Capistrano. His wedding present to the bridal couple was US$300 in an envelope.
Scar with 2/Ts and General Kidney Wiper were called to circle.
Emperor Airhead noted that the Pattaya H3 stared in 1984, had a couple of good years until 1986 where it went downhill. In 1996, Lord Chicken Fucker took over as GM and started a revival. GKW became GM in 1999 and on one memorable occasion did a bungee jump into the circle.
For a brief period in 2009, Free Willy became GM when no other takers were found.
A note from the circle to acknowledge Scar with 2/Ts and GKW contributions as GMs of the Pattaya H3.
Hash Awards were next with T.V., Little Sparrow and Shit On My Chest all achieving 50 runs. Atomic Muff Diver received his 50th run shirt from 2022 and Sir Velcro Dick his 600th run shirt. Hot Wheels received his 5 hared runs shirt.
Scar W/2Ts took the circle and put Black Panther, still sans hash shirt, into the bucket. Herring Choker threw in a comment about her boyfriend which got him a seat on the ice and then a swap with Black Panther in the bucket.
Speedo Pete and Boring Wanker were called to the ice. Both had left the circle early last week. Speedo Pete to the bucket. G.I. Joe came into the circle and related how last week Boring Wanker had already headed off on trail while the hares were still giving out the run instructions. Also, Boring Wanker saw paper on trail and didn’t call On On. Boring Wanker joined Speedo Pete in the bucket.
Hares on ice. Virgins were called to the circle. All three had a great day and will be back in the future.
Two visitors from Budapest into the circle, asked how Pattaya H3 compares with Budapest H3 - main difference there is no jungle in Budapest.
Shit On My Chest in the bucket for making the trail treacherous, but amazingly no hash crashes.
Oz called in Something Stupid, Scar with 2/Ts and YMCA to acknowledge the good work they did on the Supermoon Full Moon run on Wednesday night.
Cadbury, Guy and Glen called to the ice, Oz noted that Cadbury and Guy were not wearing hash shirts which had been missed by Scar. Cadbury, who originally hashed with Townsville H3 in the late 80’s, got to try on the infamous Pattaya Monkey shirt to the amusement of the crowd and earned a trip to the bucket.
The hares were called in to sing a song and responded with a short version of ‘His One Skin’. Shit On My Head in the bucket, Boring Wanker and Black Panther, who at this stage was finally wearing a hash shirt, to the ice.
After the final down down and a rendition of the hash anthem it was back to town for the On After at New Plaza Sports Bar. Great food and vibes supplied by Sexy Butterfly.
Why let the truth get in the way of a good story?
On On, Slug